Re: Lemniscate Polygon

2021-11-02 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Yes, I suppose so. Even easier would be to modify the points of a polygon generated from R = 10*sin(theta)*cos(theta) in polar coordinates (a four leaf clover type), but I’m hoping to avoid that. Thanks, Roger > On Nov 2, 2021, at 3:43 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > For the

Re: mobile accelerometer

2021-11-02 Thread doc hawk via use-livecode
mike mumbled, > > is anyone using the mobile accelerometer functionality? > i am thinking of adding it to our shop floor app to stop updates while > forklifts are moving. I used it a few years ago to move something around the screen by tilting. It was rather straightforward: just read the

Re: Lemniscate Polygon

2021-11-02 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
For the infinity symbol polygon, wouldn't a possible way to do this is by modeling a tear drop (see http://paulbourke.net/geometry/teardrop/ which does not require imaginary numbers) and duplicating the points with opposite signs for the other half? On 11/2/2021 6:27 PM, Roger Guay via

Lemniscate Polygon

2021-11-02 Thread Roger Guay via use-livecode
Dear List, Bernd has produced an absolutely beautiful animation using a Lemniskate polygon that was previously provided by Hermann Hoch. Can anyone provide some help on how to create this polygon mathematically? Since the equation for a Lemniskate involves the SqRt of negative numbers, which

Re: Count Up Timer?

2021-11-02 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Ok, thanks Sean, here it is in plain text for anyone who wants to use it. function TimeDisplay HowMany,DisplayHow if DisplayHow = "Duration" then //* if AppStarterStackSettings["default"]["Time Unit"] = "seconds" then return

Re: Bug survey

2021-11-02 Thread matthias rebbe via use-livecode
François, i noticed something similar and asked about here in September: >> i am currently noticing a massive slow down of the LC 9.6.4 IDE menu. Not right away after opening Livecode IDE, but after some time of usage. I never noticed that in 9.6.3. Clicking on an main menu entry takes then

mobile accelerometer

2021-11-02 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
is anyone using the mobile accelerometer functionality? i am thinking of adding it to our shop floor app to stop updates while forklifts are moving. -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold

Re: Bug survey

2021-11-02 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
sounds like you should be filing a bug report. that also sounds like strange behavior. On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 4:42 PM francois.chaplais via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I wanted to answer the LC bug survey. > > The problem is that there is probably no bug number for my

Bug survey

2021-11-02 Thread francois.chaplais via use-livecode
I wanted to answer the LC bug survey. The problem is that there is probably no bug number for my problem. So here it what I wanted to answer to the first question in the survey: I am on MacOS Big Sur, 11.6.1 (20G224). Latest 27'' iMac, Intel Chip, 8 cores i7, 64 Gigs

Re: OT: Facebook -> Meta (Damaged Infinity!)

2021-11-02 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
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Re: Count Up Timer?

2021-11-02 Thread Craig Newman via use-livecode
When I was very young I used to run a gadget like this on a field with styled text: on mouseUp get fld 1 repeat for each char tChar in it put numToChar(charToNum(tChar)) after accum end repeat put accum into fld 2 end mouseUp But you do not have to do all that: on mouseUp get fld

Re: New MacBook Pro Display Notch

2021-11-02 Thread Martin Koob via use-livecode
Hi I saw a MacRumors.com article about this issue. https://www.macrumors.com/2021/10/28/scale-to-fit-below-built-in-camera-setting-notch/ They gave another link to some recently

Re: OT: Facebook -> Meta (Damaged Infinity!)

2021-11-02 Thread KOOB via use-livecode
I’m in META: May Eventually Tank Anyway. Martin Sent from my iPad > On Nov 2, 2021, at 2:30 PM, Jeff Reynolds via use-livecode > wrote: > > I think this needs to be a contest… > >> MarkW wrote: >> From a Boingboing user comment... >> >> META: Making Evil Totally Acceptable > > Jeff >

Re: OT: Facebook -> Meta (Damaged Infinity!)

2021-11-02 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
META Making Easy To Abandon Mainly Eaten Towards the Afternoon Richmond. On 2.11.21 20:28, Jeff Reynolds via use-livecode wrote: I think this needs to be a contest… MarkW wrote: From a Boingboing user comment... META: Making Evil Totally Acceptable Jeff

Re: OT: Facebook -> Meta (Damaged Infinity!)

2021-11-02 Thread Jeff Reynolds via use-livecode
I think this needs to be a contest… > MarkW wrote: > From a Boingboing user comment... > > META: Making Evil Totally Acceptable Jeff ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and

Re: Count Up Timer?

2021-11-02 Thread Sean Cole via use-livecode
Tom, It is. I would copy it into TextEdit (Plaintext), Atom or BBEdit first to strip any formatting properly, then copy paste from there to mail. :) It happens. Nothing to worry about and only a minor inconvenience. Good code, though :) Sean On Tue, 2 Nov 2021 at 17:14, Tom Glod via use-livecode

Re: Count Up Timer?

2021-11-02 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
Oh man ..I forgot about the formatting thing. In my client it shows up formatted with color. Does it work ok if it is pasted plain text? On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 12:08 PM Mark Wieder via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 11/2/21 8:48 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode wrote:

Re: widget store

2021-11-02 Thread Mike Kerner via use-livecode
It is really weird that we are in a widget desert, like LCB has been ignored. I looked at LCB a couple of times, like when I was trying to fix some of the issues with the treeView widget before I just got tired of fighting with it. On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 6:22 PM matthias rebbe via use-livecode <

Re: Count Up Timer?

2021-11-02 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 11/2/21 8:48 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode wrote: Mark. “... unless the person was born after 1 January 1970." Check out the thread “When was the big bang?” on the forum: https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9=26619=138530=big+bang#p138530 LOL. "one bit for (the) apple." --

Re: Count Up Timer?

2021-11-02 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
And then if you want to convert to the Babalonian calendar of 360 days in a year, well that is just right out. Bob S > On Nov 2, 2021, at 08:48 , Craig Newman via use-livecode > wrote: > > Mark. > > “... unless the person was born after 1 January 1970." > > Check out the thread “When was

Re: Count Up Timer?

2021-11-02 Thread Sean Cole via use-livecode
Tidy. Took 10 seconds: -- function TimeDisplay HowMany,DisplayHow if DisplayHow = "Duration" then // if AppStarterStackSettings["default"]["Time Unit"] = "seconds" then return round(HowMany / 1000,3)

Re: Count Up Timer?

2021-11-02 Thread Craig Newman via use-livecode
Mark. “... unless the person was born after 1 January 1970." Check out the thread “When was the big bang?” on the forum: https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9=26619=138530=big+bang#p138530 Craig > On Nov 2, 2021, at 11:43 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote: > > On 11/2/21

Re: Count Up Timer?

2021-11-02 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 11/2/21 7:33 AM, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode wrote: A forum is handy for searches, so a nice place to visit now and then. But I wouldn't want to live there! :D Heh. My thoughts as well. > It would take a lot of work to reformat the OP’s code example > into something workable in

Re: Count Up Timer?

2021-11-02 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Craig: > This is just another great example why the Forum > is so much better a venue than this list. My view is exactly opposite; I like a List s much better. A forum is handy for searches, so a nice place to visit now and then. But I wouldn't want to live there! :D > It would take a lot

Re: Count Up Timer?

2021-11-02 Thread Craig Newman via use-livecode
Sheesh. This is just another great example why the Forum is so much better a venue than this list. It would take a lot of work to reformat the OP’s code example into something workable in the SE. Craig > On Nov 1, 2021, at 6:29 PM, Mark Smith via use-livecode > wrote: > > You want the

Re: OT: Facebook -> Meta (Damaged Infinity!)

2021-11-02 Thread Eraklis Pittas via use-livecode
He was a lying POS then and he is a lying POS now https://www.dropbox.com/s/xdnjbt9mswp1aul/zuckerberg%2017%20years%20ago.mp4?dl=0 Regards Lagi On Tue, 2 Nov 2021 at 10:20, Niggemann, Bernd via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Jim Lambert via use-livecode Sun, 31 Oct

Re: OT: Facebook -> Meta (Damaged Infinity!)

2021-11-02 Thread Niggemann, Bernd via use-livecode
> Jim Lambert via use-livecode Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:44:22 -0700 > > MarkW wrote: > > From a Boingboing user comment... > > > > META: Making Evil Totally Acceptable > LOL LOL LOL If you want to see infinity in action https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=10=36412=1=unread#p210094 as W.